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Michael Northcott

Michael is the editor of Retail Sector and is also Editorial Director at Mulberry Publications. He draws from experience at a wide range of well-known B2B magazines, including Management Today, Legal Business, and Retail Week. Feel free to drop him a line with any stories or feature ideas.

Analysis

Michael NorthcottThursday, 9 January 2020, 11:20

Who would have thought skinny jeans could be anyone’s undoing?

It’s not often that the business pages give you a good belly laugh. But today we have the spectacle of…
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Analysis

Michael NorthcottWednesday, 8 January 2020, 11:38

Greggs going vegan has paid dividends: we can all learn from them

There is an adage about business and entertainment emerging in the conservative media, which is “get woke, go broke”. It…
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Business Bites

Michael NorthcottTuesday, 7 January 2020, 12:12

Northern Ireland’s business community want compensation for their Brexit troubles

To say that Brexit has been ‘divisive’ is both an understatement and also a cliché of the highest order. But…
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Advice

Michael NorthcottMonday, 6 January 2020, 11:32

As long as WW3 does not kick off, 2020 looks set to be a better year

All eyes on are on the rising tensions between the United States and Iran after president Trump ordered the assassination…
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Business Bites

Michael NorthcottFriday, 3 January 2020, 11:45

Volkswagen’s unceasing nightmare is a lesson in honesty

Readers will recall the scandal surrounding faked emissions tests conducted by the car-making giant, Volkswagen, in recent years. In case…
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Advice

Michael NorthcottThursday, 2 January 2020, 10:36

The internet need not be the scourge of every sector – just ask the CEO of Mountain Warehouse

The last decade in business was arguably characterised by one word: disruption. While the internet behemoths had already begun building…
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Analysis

Michael NorthcottFriday, 20 December 2019, 12:20

Finally, a government addressing the business rates fiasco

Regardless of your political colours, small businesses up and down the land will be pleased to hear of at least…
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Business Bites

Michael NorthcottThursday, 19 December 2019, 11:42

Airbnb is the latest ‘big tech’ monolith to run rings around our outdated legal apparatus

It may seem tangential to those who do not work in real estate, but there is a court case on…
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Business Bites

Michael NorthcottWednesday, 18 December 2019, 11:13

Vera Lynn’s gin dispute is a window on a fascinating trademark problem

Everyone knows a bit of cockney rhyming slang, but what if your own name is the one being used, and…
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Business Bites

Michael NorthcottTuesday, 17 December 2019, 11:44

‘Jingle bots’ are artificially ramming online shopping baskets to use up stock

I have my reservations about this story because we spend a lot of time in our office poring over the…
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